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Re: 2015 Lessons Learned: Your Team

Code Orange had a very interesting season this year. In the electronics and programming department we focused on reliability. Robust wiring lead to having just one wiring problem(which turned out to be a bad ethernet cable) through three competitions and 70 matches. This was a huge step up from last year where we lost several matches because of a few loose wires. We also put in fail safes in our code to prevent things like a sensor failure or bad joystick from ruining a match or stalling a motor.

Also I learned this one the hard way:
Check your drawings BEFORE you print them
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